Uber driver, passenger killed in head-on crash with fleeing suspect in stolen car on Sunshine Skyway: FHP

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Courtesy: Florida Freeway Patrol

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – A fleeing suspect is accused of inflicting a lethal crash on the Sunshine Skyway Bridge that claimed the lives of an Uber driver and his passenger on Wednesday night time. 

In response to the Florida Freeway Patrol, a 22-year-old South Florida man in a stolen Ford Mustang rammed a Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Workplace patrol automobile when deputies tried to tug him over. 

Officers say the person, later recognized as Leosvany Arias Roman, fled on southbound I-275 at a excessive charge of velocity. 

HCSO says its aerial unit tracked the Mustang and was capable of give updates on its location.

Courtesy: Florida Freeway Patrol

When a state trooper tried to tug over the Mustang because it reached the Sunshine Skyway Bridge, FHP says it collided with the FHP car, continued southbound to the highest of the bridge, rotated and rammed the FHP car earlier than persevering with at high-speed, touring northbound within the southbound lanes of I-275.  

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In response to FHP, because the Mustang approached the northern relaxation space, it collided with an Uber driver in a Dodge Caravan touring with three passengers. 

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Troopers say the Uber driver, a 33-year-old Bradenton man, and one passenger, a 52-year-old man from Ohio, have been killed within the crash. Two different passengers within the Caravan, a 51-year-old girl from Ohio and a 24-year-old Ohio girl, have been critically injured within the crash.

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Roman additionally sustained critical accidents within the crash. He’s being charged with felony homicide, vehicular murder, aggravated fleeing and eluding involving demise, driving with a suspended license involving demise and battery on a regulation enforcement officer. 

Courtesy: Florida Freeway Patrol

A state trooper suffered minor accidents within the collision.

The deadly crash closed the southbound lanes of I-275 till 6:40 a.m.